In reading these tales we are reminded of the intricacies of time; its ability to propel us to adulthood through the brief blaze of college years, as well as its propensity to continually encircle us with age-old issues of class, camaraderie, love and civil liberties. Contributors: Tom Doorley, Aine Lawlor, Hugo MacNeill, Linda Hickey, Dermot Horan, Eoin, McCullough, Carl Nelkin, Shane O'Neill, Jackie Kilroy, Pauline McLynn, Lynne Parker, John Reid, Katie Donovan, Alan Gilsenan, Declan Hughes, Austin O'Carroll, Nick Sparrow, Patrick Wyse-Jackson, Dermot Dix, Luke Dodd, Anne Enright, Sean Melly, Luke O'Neill, Vandra Dyke, Sallyanne Godson, Quentin Letts, Jane Mahony, Michael O'Doherty, Rosita Boland, Rosheen McGuckian, Patrick Prendergast, Heidi Haenschke, Fiona Cronin, David McWilliams, Ivana Bacik, Michael West, Leslie Williams, Brian F. O'Byrne.